re: #235 Escaped Hillbilly

Yeah, by now I should know to look for that dot gov or dot mil if I want the direct source. Anyway, this is from SouthCom’s official websight. By the way, listening to the General’s briefing on the effort now.

Any U.S. military assistance to a foreign country must be formally requested by the host nation through the U.S. ambassador. Then, the lead federal agent, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, transmits requirements through the Department of State, who sends an Executive Secretariat Memorandum to the Department of Defense requesting military assistance.

So what was the holdup in New Orleans? They couldn’t find the U.S. ambassador? ;^)